{"id":8751,"date":"2019-02-21T07:01:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T12:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=8751"},"modified":"2019-02-21T07:01:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T12:01:30","slug":"anastasia-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/anastasia-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Anastasia James"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3915\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8751-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AnastasiaJames.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AnastasiaJames.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AnastasiaJames.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_8774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8774\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8774 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?resize=231%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?resize=768%2C996&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?resize=789%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 789w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?resize=696%2C903&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?resize=1068%2C1386&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?resize=324%2C420&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/James-photograph-by-Michael-Zagaris-.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Michael Zagaris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anastasia James is a curator and editor based in Los Angeles where she is currently a curator at the Lucas Museum of Art.<\/p>\n<p>Her scholarly research focuses on both under-recognized and popular figures in the American avant-garde from 1930-present.\u00a0Previously, James was curator of exhibitions and programs at The Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz where she curated exhibitions with Linda Mary Montano, Angela Dufresne, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. At SUNY she also taught\u00a0advanced courses on museum history and theory and exhibition studies. As a curator, she is known for my innovative and inclusive approaches to exhibition making and programming and her projects have been referred to by The New York Times as \u201ccelebratory,\u201d \u201cstrident,\u201d and \u201cremarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, she curated the traveling retrospective of Cary Leibowitz\u2019s work and has also curated solo exhibitions of Allison Smith, Brigid Berlin, Billy Name, Ray Johnson, Stanley Kubrick, and Andy Warhol.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to curatorial work, James is the co-editor (with her husband\u00a0Dagon\u00a0James) of two book length monographs of Warhol associates Billy Name and Brigid Berlin and the editor of Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show. James has held curatorial positions at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco and The Queens Museum and provided research support for the development of large exhibitions both in the States and abroad at institutions including The Andy Warhol Museum, The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Wurtembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, and the Dia Foundation for the Arts. She received her MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College where her thesis focused on Ray Johnson&#8217;s work ca. 1947-1960.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8775\" style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8775 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Montano-Photo-by-Bob-Wagner-.jpg?resize=696%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Montano-Photo-by-Bob-Wagner-.jpg?w=1008&amp;ssl=1 1008w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Montano-Photo-by-Bob-Wagner-.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Montano-Photo-by-Bob-Wagner-.jpg?resize=768%2C459&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Montano-Photo-by-Bob-Wagner-.jpg?resize=696%2C416&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Montano-Photo-by-Bob-Wagner-.jpg?resize=703%2C420&amp;ssl=1 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation View of\u00a0Linda Mary Montano: The Art Life Hospital, 2019, photograph by Bob Wagner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8776\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8776 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338-1024x745.jpg?resize=640%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?resize=1024%2C745&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?resize=768%2C559&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?resize=324%2C235&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?resize=696%2C506&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?resize=1068%2C777&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?resize=577%2C420&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20_CaryLeibowitz_2.3.17_JKAPhotography-e1533230765338.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation View of Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show, 2017, photograph by Gary Sexton\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AnastasiaJames.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listAnastasia James is a curator and editor based in Los Angeles where she is currently a curator at the Lucas Museum of Art. 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